Publications
Publications
- September 24, 2021
- Harvard Business Review Digital Articles
A Labor Movement for the Platform Economy
By: Li Jin, Scott Duke Kominers and Lila Shroff
Abstract
Platforms are fundamentally changing the contract between workers and companies—and the workers and creatives that create value for platform companies, and rely on platforms for their livelihoods, often have little power when it comes to getting their concerns addressed. In the face of this, a new form of collective labor activism tailored to the gig and creator economies is emerging: decentralized collective action (DCA). Mixing methods of traditional organizing with new approaches—from manipulating algorithms to deploying blockchain powered decentralized solutions—workers are using DCA to try to rewrite the rules of platform work.
Keywords
Digital Platforms; Gig Workers; Decentralized Collective Action; Online Technology; Labor; Labor and Management Relations
Citation
Jin, Li, Scott Duke Kominers, and Lila Shroff. "A Labor Movement for the Platform Economy." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (September 24, 2021).